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3 killed, 75 injured, houses set ablaze in Sri Lanka ethnic clashes
Date: 2014-06-16 10:47:00 GMT - Sri Lanka - International - SN:48 - ID:780725
At least three Muslims were killed and 75 people seriously injured in violence between Buddhists and Muslims in southern Sri Lankan coastal towns best known as tourist draws, with Muslim homes set ablaze, officials and residents said on Monday as ....
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Fifth round of Iran nuclear talks begins
Date: 2014-06-16 09:41:04 GMT - Austria - International - SN:41 - ID:780543
Iran and world powers' high-stakes nuclear talks enter a critical fifth round in Vienna on Monday, with both sides still far apart on crucial issues five weeks before a deadline for a deal, Press TV reported. The five permanent members of the UN ....
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Spain arrests eight in 'ISIS cell'
Date: 2014-06-16 09:30:08 GMT - Spain - International - SN:34 - ID:780517
Spanish police said Monday they have detained eight people on suspicion of recruiting militants to fight in Syria and Iraq, the BBC reported. They suspect the cell of trying to send jihadists to join the militant group ISIS - the Islamic State in ....
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S. Korea to repatriate 5 N. Korean fishermen rescued at sea
Date: 2014-06-16 09:05:24 GMT - south korea - International - SN:25 - ID:780416
South Korea will send back home five North Korean fishermen who were rescued after their vessel sank in the Sea of Japan, Yonhap reported quoting the Unification Ministry. The ministry said the five men had expressed their desire to return to ....
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Colombia vote: Santos re-elected as president
Date: 2014-06-16 09:03:29 GMT - Colombia - International - SN:24 - ID:780413
Juan Manuel Santos has won re-election in Colombia's most dramatic presidential contest in years, the BBC reported Monday. Mr Santos won nearly 51% of votes and saw off his right-wing challenger Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, who had 45%. Correspondents ....
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Park departs for Uzbekistan to forge closer ties with Central Asia
Date: 2014-06-16 09:01:20 GMT - south korea - International - SN:22 - ID:780408
South Korean President Park Geun-hye left for Uzbekistan on Monday to forge closer economic and other ties with the Central Asian nation once at the center of the trade route between Asia and Europe, Yonhap reported. The three-day state visit ....
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Pentagon intensifies U.S. diplomatic security in Baghdad
Date: 2014-06-16 08:58:44 GMT - USA - International - SN:21 - ID:780404
The US military is providing intensified security for US diplomatic facilities in Baghdad, the Pentagon said on Sunday. "A small number of (Defense Department) personnel are augmenting State Department security assets in Baghdad to help ensure ....
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Hollande chairs defense council meeting on Syria, Iraq
Date: 2014-06-16 08:32:28 GMT - France - International - SN:15 - ID:780334
French President Francois Hollande will chair a small Defense Council meeting on Syria and Iraq at the Elysee Palace on Thursday. According to Hollande agenda this week, the French president will meet Wednesday with Saudi National Guard Minister ....
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US intelligence official urges Obama to work with AL to stop violence in Iraq
Date: 2014-06-16 08:22:36 GMT - USA - International - SN:13 - ID:780309
Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence said Sunday the uprising in Iraq by an Islamic militant group is “as dangerous as it gets,” and that the Obama administration must reunite with Arab nation partners to ....
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Kerry points at Hamas in Israel kidnappings
Date: 2014-06-16 08:17:52 GMT - USA - International - SN:12 - ID:780298
The Obama administration on Sunday joined Israel in implicating the militant group Hamas in connection with the kidnapping of three Israeli settlers and called the move a "despicable terrorist act", Fox News reported. Secretary of State John ....
